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While organ music has become part of the rich fabric of masonic meetings around the country, Naunton Liles wonders whether lodges should seek to preserve these historic but expensive instruments Look at any masonic music…
A new exhibition looks at how changes in society and its attitudes have affected the ways in which Freemasons have felt able to be part of the wider public life of the country The Library…
Freemasonry has thrived for centuries because it adapts while staying true to its principles, as Director of Special Projects John Hamill explains As we begin the countdown to the tercentenary celebrations of Grand Lodge in…
The Library & Museum of Freemasonry is putting on a free study day on Wednesday 2 May entitled Lodge, Livelihood and Locality at Glenmore House in Surbiton, Surrey The study day will bring together researchers…
With a proud tradition stretching back almost 200 years, HMS Trincomalee is on the crest of a new learning wave, as Euan Houstoun, a descendant of a past captain, explainsIt would be an enormous task…
Take a minute to look up from the pavement in the City of London and you will find historic gems that reveal a great deal about the founding of Freemasonry. Yasha Beresiner is your guideHello…
Is it possible to belong to a gang of leather-clad bikers and stay true to the principles of Freemasonry? Adrian Foster summons up the courage to meet with the Widows Sons on their own turf…
When Freemasons’ Hall hosted the launch party for West End musical Rock of Ages, Anneke Hak slipped past the celebrities to find out what goes on behind the scenesJeremy Clarkson schmoozes with paparazzi on the…
Anthony Sayer may have been chosen as the first Grand Master of Grand Lodge in 1717, but little is known about his life. Steven Smith questions why, and wonders whether historians have deliberately ignored himLittle…
Director of Special Projects John Hamill wonders if resources spent on maintaining masonic buildings would be better used elsewhereRecently I was accused of betraying my principles as a historian and supporter of the preservation of…
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The Library and Museum of Freemasonry welcomes a pistol for the first time into its collectionThe collections in the Library and Museum at 60 Great Queen Street have been accumulated over nearly two hundred years…
Roger Marjoribanks looks to his family tree to follow the masonic life of Stewart Marjoribanks and his role in the creation of New Zealand as we know it todayIn New Zealand, many of Wellington’s citizens…
Mark Dennis, curator of the Library and Museum of Freemasonry at Freemasons’ Hall, explains to Luke Turton why his job is all about challenging assumptionsWhy did you join the Library and Museum of Freemasonry?I answered…
The Library and Museum of Freemasonry salutes the Craft's tallest building, in an exhibition that explores the role of this fraternal organisation in America's history The Masonic Temple in Chicago was, for a brief period…
